Playback: The 2016/17 Austin Music Awards Reveal

"...one act – raspy-voiced youth Welles – and have contracts in the works with two other acts also managed..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Council Preview: Promised Land Use

Austin Oaks, Plaza Saltillo loom large at Thursday meeting

"...'Em: Members have already posted questions about several substantial contracts currently on the consent agenda, including: the $2.5 million..."

Feb. 17, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Council: What’ll We Do Without Zim?

First 2017 meeting hints new alignments

"...Ellen Troxclair (D8) to fuss at arbitrarily designated morning contracts. Troxclair chose a $500,000 ABIA project for a new..."

Jan. 31, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Can a Working Musician Find a Decent Job in This Town?

Musicians looking to subsidize their poverty-level passion already have one strike against them

"...to do music, but the hours are long and contracts can last many months. Touring demands flexibility...."

Jan. 27, 2017 Music Feature by Leslie Sisson

Judge Sparks Critical of State's Defense of Fetal Burial Rule

Anti-choice rule will not go into effect until Jan. 27

"...the organization conducts a year. (Currently, the group only contracts with mostly Catholic hospitals.) Allmon did inform, however, that..."

Jan. 5, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

“Minimum Wage Is Not Livable”

Workers get paid, but the fight for fair wages is far from over

"...labor activism; one that focuses less on securing union contracts and more on engaging workers to improve working conditions..."

Dec. 16, 2016 News Feature by Jack Craver

Dukes Up Between Dawnna and AISD Board?

A longstanding vendetta between Dawnna Dukes and the AISD Board?

"...of minority- and women-owned businesses (MBE/WBE) in district external contracts. That HUB contractor is currently Dukes' consulting firm, DM..."

Dec. 16, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Future for the Affordable Care Act?

Foundation Communities: Obamacare is safe through 2017

"...Foundation Communities assures us Obamacare won't disappear in 2017. Contracts remain in place with insurance companies to guarantee at..."

Nov. 25, 2016 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Cece Winans, Reluctant Star

Gospel great tapes for PBS on the Sabbath

"...even when I sang with Bebe and signed solo contracts, I would get into the studio and think, “Oh..."

Nov. 19, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

APD’s Social Media Monitoring Efforts Face Crackdowns

Facebook denies access to third-party companies

"...Sergeant Jeff Greenwalt told the Chronicle that APD holds contracts with Geofeedia and Snap Trends that remain in effect..."

Nov. 18, 2016 News Feature by John Anderson

Austin Police Consider Community Reforms

After a year spent making headlines APD prioritizes policing equity

"...only about thwarting the power of unions and police contracts, however. Moore speaks to one idea specifically as a..."

Nov. 4, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Council: From Trash to Treasure

Dripping Springs wants to dump its wastewater where?

"...Revolution). No disrespect to public improvement districts or landscaping contracts, but the chance to catch even a one-song set..."

Nov. 4, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Undoing AISD

"...Austin within AISD, devaluing teachers and returning to one-year contracts, opposing equity for AISD students, and undoing public education..."

Oct. 25, 2016 Postmarks

Chronicle Endorsements: Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees

At stake: Place 2, At-Large 8

"...got crosswise with teachers over her opposition to three-year contracts, but with a longer track record of volunteerism on..."

Oct. 21, 2016 News Feature

Headlines

"...Tracts settlement, a half-dozen annexation hearings, and enough morning contracts for consent agenda non-consensus. See "Council: Coyotes, Garages, and..."

Oct. 7, 2016 News Feature

County Commissioner: A Question of Viability

Newly minted Green Party co-chair aims to shake up Commissioners Court

"...independent audit of the budget to look for underperforming contracts. She also said she would support Austin-Travis County EMS..."

Sept. 16, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Q&A: Gloria Steinem

Activist icon is the 2016 Liz Carpenter Series Lecturer on Wednesday

"...of Justice] recent announcement that they're going to end contracts with private prisons...."

Sept. 12, 2016 Arts Post by Jessi Cape

Public Notice: 'Tis the Season

Tailgaters and fundraisers: It must be fall

"...Dove Springs District Park engage with PARD staff and Contracts and Concessions Committee members, to discuss programming and amenity..."

Sept. 9, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Headlines

"...Security's Advisory Council to review the use of for-profit contracts in the detention of unauthorized immigrants. The chief has..."

Sept. 2, 2016 News Feature

Point Austin: Zimmerman's Hypocrisies

Denouncing "subsidized" Austinites, council member should try a mirror

"...the residents were also paying, as required under their contracts with the developer, for the original municipal utility district..."

Aug. 26, 2016 News Column by Michael King

AISD and ACC Board of Trustees

Trustee elections can mean uncontested drifts or bare-knuckle throwdowns

"...contractors on the federal Davis-Bacon scale, but opposed three-year contracts for teachers – so while the union held back..."

Aug. 26, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

City Council Clashes Over 2017 Budget

Competing ideas on how to spend $969 million

"...increases: Public safety salaries are determined by previously negotiated contracts – 2% increases for police, fire, and EMS –..."

Aug. 19, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Headlines

"...the FY 2017 budget, and the usual glut of contracts and contentions (see "Council Reaches Consensus on Mobility Bond"..."

Aug. 19, 2016 News Feature

City Council: How Big Is Just Right?

Council moves forward on Mobility Bond, “Smart Corridors”

"...long-delayed Downtown concrete-pouring regs (also to this week); two contracts concerning biosolids management at Hornsby Bend (discussed at some..."

Aug. 15, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Affordability: Everywhere But Here

Council parses contracts, buys CD’s, and postpones housing

"...Among that group included the now-reflexive examination of pending contracts, including a $2 million addition to what had been..."

Aug. 8, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Day Trips: Moore Maker Tool Company, Matador

Largest tool and knife maker in Texas started small in Matador

"...for working cattle and stringing barbedwire fences. Moore Maker contracts with American factories to produce tools and knives, and..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Devil in the Details

Council faces a daunting slate of work sessions

"...promise much headline controversy, but there are plenty of contracts to wrangle over in the morning. A few Items..."

Aug. 5, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Page Two: Darkness on the Edge of Town

Thoughts on the mean season of U.S. politics

"...Although some of his business was dependent on government contracts, he was hailed as a laissez-faire libertarian champion...."

July 29, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Council: Dog Days Ahead

What if they proposed a budget, and nobody came?

"...readily amendable, as it includes money dedicated to negotiated contracts and decisions already made. And much depends on both..."

July 26, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Getting to Yes

The Travis Central Appraisal District and the Mueller Foundation settle tax appraisal dispute

"...to work this out." The solution involves revised purchase contracts to be signed by the homeowners, making more explicit..."

July 15, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

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